                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

FAILURE TO PAY COMPENSATION WITHIN TWO WEEKS AFTER IT BECOMES DUE (§ 65.2-524)

If any payment is not paid within two weeks after it becomes due, there shall be
added to such unpaid compensation an amount equal to 20 percent thereof, unless
the Commission finds that any required payment has been made as promptly as
practicable and (i) there is good cause outside the control of the employer for
the delay or (ii) in the case of a self-insured employer, the employer has
issued the required payment to the employee as a part of the next regular
payroll after the payment becomes due. No such penalty shall be added, however,
to any payment made within two weeks after the expiration of (a) the period in
which Commission review may be requested pursuant to § 65.2-705 or (b) the
period in which a notice of appeal may be filed pursuant to § 65.2-706. No
penalty shall be assessed against the Commonwealth when the Commonwealth has
issued a regular payroll payment to the employee in lieu of compensation
covering the period of disability. As used in this section, a regular payroll
payment issued by the Commonwealth includes payments issued net of deductions
for elected and mandatory benefits and other standard deductions.

HISTORY: 1970, c. 470, § 65.1-75.1; 1991, c. 355; 1994, c. 248; 1997, c. 383;
1999, c. 782; 2012, c. 270.